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(No Model.)

C KIESER Meat Cutter.

No. 232,275. Pvatented'Sept. I4, |880.

N PETERS PHOTO LTHGGRAPNER WASHINGTON D C UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KIESER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL G. B. COOK, OF SAME PLACE.

M EAT-CUTTE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,275, dated September 14:, 1880.

Application filed April 7, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES KiEsER, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Meat- Out-ters, of which the following is a specification; and I do hereby declare thatin the same is contained a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletio ters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a meat-cutter adapted for manufacturing and household purposes; and the said invention consistsin a novel construction and 15 arrangement of the cutting devices, which are combined with a spiral conveyor within a casing having suitable charging and discharging apertures, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of my said inven- 2o tion which follows, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, and in which- Figure I is a lono'itudinal section of the iniproved ineat-cutter. Fig. II is a transverse section of Fig. I on line :t y. Figs. III, IV, and Vare exterior views of parts of the invention, as hereinafter described.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

3o Ais the box of the machine, having the feed-hopper a and discharge-opening b. The boXAis in two parts, hinged together, and it is provided with a suitable locking device, whereby thetwo parts are secured together when closed.

B is a spiral conveyer secured to the central shaft, c. C C C are saws fastened to the shaft c, or to the end of the conveyer, with separating-washers d, of a thickness correspending to that of the saws. The saws C do not occupy a common position with reference to the shaft, but are located so that the corresponding teeth of the several saws form a spiral line, as shown. There are several ways 4 5 of obtaining the relative position of the saws, as described; but the preferable oneis to make the shaft or the end of the conveyer upon which the saws are secured of a twisted form, as fully shown in Fig. V of the drawings.

D D are the fixed knives before referred to, consisting of blades of steel of the same thickness as the saws, and they have spaces between them of a width equal to their own thickness. By this arrangement of the saws and fixed knives the construction of the machine is much simplified, as the saws, washers, and fixed knives are ont from sheet-steel of a regular or common thickness. The fixed knives are fastened to a block, E, the lower part of which rests in a depression in the box A. The knives D are preferably removable from the block E, in order that when'they are broken or otherwise injured by constant use new ones may be substituted therefor withont difficulty. To admit of this change of knives they are made in the shape shown in Fig. III.

A washer, c, of a diameter about equal that of the body of the saws, is used, in connection with a nut, f, to secure the saws C and the separatin g-washers d together, and also to prevent displacement of the outer fixed knife. An exterior view of the shaft c is shown in Fig. IV.

The meat to be ont is introduced to the box A through the hopper a, and is fed to the cutting devices by means of the conveyer. After the meat is cnt it is discharged through the aperture b.

In having the saws, knives, and washers of the same thickness, the knives may be made to lit into the spaces below the saws with such accuracy as to insure a double cut, while in securing the knives together by means of the nut and screw, as shown, there can be no danger of the knives becoming jammed between the saws. This accuracy of lit between the saws and knives consequent upon the same thickness of metal being used for all the parts of the cutting devices also has the effect of preventing the forcing apart of the saws and knives by particles of meat lodging between them, as will be readily understood.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a meat-cutter, a series of saws secured to arevoluble shaft and separated by washers, combined with asystein of fixed knives adapted to interlock with the said saws, the said wash ers and knives being stamped from metal of knives D, the said saws, knives, and Washers :L eolninon thickness, substantially as herein being of :L common thickness, substantizily specified. as herein specified.

2. In n meat-cutter, the combination of the CHARLES KIESEB. box or easing A, having suitable Charging Witnesses: and discharging apertures, the revoluble spi- HARRY V. ALBAUGH, ral eouveyer B, saws C, washers d, and xed JNO. T. MADDOX. 

